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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-03-12
ATHEIST.
ing

Beecher, the great preacher, is
ct rest. He was gifted with the
most brilliant and fertile mind that
has given evidence of thought and
power in his day and generation.
His was liberal, broad and inyit-
ing theology, and he had the courage
equal to his convictions. Straight
laced, fire and birthstone thinkers
refused to endorse his broad and less
harsh views and hence even the Con-
gregational ministers in their official
body declined to pass resolutions in
respect to his memory. A gerry
Christian (?) and very contempt
BILE act, when Beecher was far beyond
either their respect or contempt. It
may be that he was far in advance
of degmatic theology. and if so, time
alone can develope whether what he
taught will be sustained or over.
thrown. AS in others of the human
species, there was much in him to
admire, and possibly much to beware
of. The following beautiful lines
suggest very fully the bent Of his
mind and the tendency of his nature
70 -
My friends would look upon my quiet
face
Before they laid it in its resting place,
And deem that death had left it almost
fair.
And laying snow white flowers
against my hair.
Would smooth it down with fearful
tenderness,
And fold my hands with lingering Ca
ress.
Poor hands, so empty and SO cold to-
night
If / should die tonight,
My friends would call to mind With
loving thought,
Some kindly deeds the icy hands had
wrought;
Some gentle word the frozen lips had
said
Errands on which the willing feet had
sped
The memory of my sefishness and
p i1e,
My hasty words, would all be put aside.
And so | should be loved and mourn
ed tonight.
If should die to night,
Fen hearts estranged would turn once
more to me,
Recalling other days remorsefully.
The eyes that chill me with averted
glance
Would look upon me as of yore, per
chance,
And soften in the old familiar way.
For who could war with dumb, uncon
scious clay?
So. might rest forgiven of all to-
night.
Oh, friends, pray tonight,
Keep not your kisses for my dead, cold
brow.
The way is lonely-let me feel them
now.
Think gently of me am travel worn;
My faltering feet are pierced with
many a thorn
Forgive, oh, hearts estranged forgive L
plead
When dreamless rest is mine L shall not
The tenderness for which l long to-
night.
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interesting Items.

Paris recently reached a record of
800 divorces in one day.
Next year the Mikado will order
English to be adopted as the sec
ord languagein Japan, Chinese hav-
ing been abandoned.
The powder-mills in the United
States are all unusually active, and
it is believed that some of them are
shipping large quantities of explo-
sives to France and Germany.
The largest theatre in the world
is the new opera house in Paris. 1t
covers nearly three acres of ground;
its cubic mass is 4,287 900 feet it
cost about 100,000,000 francs.
There is a petition in circulation
in New York for the appointment of
halfdozen women on the corps of
tenement house inspectors. 1t is be-
ing largely signed.
One of the greatest enemies of the
salmon and the salmon fisheries in
Oregonis the sea lion. 1t is estimat
ed that half the salmon that enter
the Columbia river the early part of
the season are captured by these big
beasts, which also damage nets to
the amount of thousands of dollars.
Vast numbers of them congregate at
Tillanook rock, and at Sealrocks,
and it is suggested that dynamite be
used to force them to seek other To-
calities.
A very old Turkish watch, taken
IN 1859 among the spoils when the
city of Buda, Hungary, was relieved
by the Emperor Leopold's army, is
now in possession Of a famous Lon
don firm 1t is Of the Nuremberg
egg shape. has but one hand, and is
marked with Arabic numerals. The
face is also arranged as a calendar
for readers of Arabic. 1t was shown
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That lnquisitive Boy AGAIN.

WANTED TO KNOW ALL ABOUT THE
BELL, THE REGISTER, THE RING, THE
FARE AND so ON.
A young lady and a small, bright
eyed boy entered a street car on
Lake avenue the other afternoon.
The lady deposited her fare and the
boys and the bell rang.
Aunt Ella,' said the boy, what
makes the bell ring p
The driver rings the bell, was the
reply.
What does he do that for p
why. he does that to register the
fare
what does he do that for 2
Because he has to-
oh
Then there was silence for halfa
minute. Presently the boy said:
what is that round thing up
there p
THAT is the register
What is that for p
TO register the fare
you said the ring registered the
fare
NO, / didn't say that"
Yes, you did, Aunt Ella
Now Johnny, don't you contra
dict me you are naughty boy
We'll, that's what you said.'
A silence of two minutes followed.
1t was broken by the boy, who said:
Say, qAunt Ella, what made you tell
me that the ring registered the fare?
'Oh, I don't know
You did say so, didn't you, Aunt
Ella p
Yes, Johnny
Then what made you say that
you didn't say it
Il didn't say that | didn't say so.
Don't bother me, Johnny
After another brief silence the
boy returned to the attack. Say,
Aunt Ella, did you go to Sunday
school when you was little ?
Yes, child, of course l did
Did you take any prizes ?
yes, lots of them.
Did you tell wrong stories as
much then as you do now?
johnny, you are bad boy, shall
tell your mother
Il wish you would tell her two
times that's what | wish
why Johnnyp
Cause you wouldn't tell the same
story two times that would let me
OUT
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ORDERED TO WORK

The eBoss" Of the railroads and
of the loborers, has ordered the
strikers at Pittsburg back to work.
The EBoss' is the Master Workman
who receives a salary from the la
borers to do nothing but tell them
when they shall and shall not work.
He gets good pay and has charge of
all the millions of dollars invested
in enterprise, on the one hand, and
all the toiling thousands who labor,
on the other hand. Verify, it is a
position not second to that of any
monarch in the world.
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A Champion Liar.

There is a liar out West trying to
head off the liars who get up the cir
culation statements, of some or our
daily papers. The Western liar
says:
"Bill Vanders who fell through the
roof of saw mill when the boiler ex-
ploded last week, coughed up q cir
cular saw and piece of lung to-day.
DIR. Wilkins put the lung back under
Vander's shirt and set it up by the
steam gague. He was so far recover
ed this evening that he blew the bot
tom ont of a lung tester, and the wa
ter in the machine nearly drowned a
Baptist preacher 1t is believed
that the ducking the preacher receiv
ed will prevent him from Wheeling
next Sunday morning. Yanders,
who was the engineer at the time the
boiler exploded, was not only dock
ed for the fifteen minutes he was in
the air, but the owner of the mill
made him repair the hole in the roof
at his own expense, besides bringing
suit for the recovery of the saw"
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-03-12

The two copies of the Bible used
at Queen Victoria's coronation are
still in existence. One is heirloom
in the family of the late DR.. Sumner,
bishop of Winchester, snd the other
is preserved in the cathedral of Nor
wich.
A novel advertising scheme was
recently introduced by a merchant i'll
Carthage, Ill. A series of prodigious
boot tracks were painted leading
from each side of the public square
to his establishment The scheme,
it is said, worked to perfection, for
everybody seemed curious enough
to follow the tracka to their destina-
ton.
A man dropped into the office of
the Oneida IN, W Dispatch the
other day and offered to subscribe
for two yeers in advance if the pro
prietor would take his pay in dogs.
The editor replied ''For many years
| have taken wood, apples, potatoes
applejack and all sorts of vegetables
in payment of subscriptions, but
there must be limit; 1 draw the
lines on dogs!"
Professor Hunter Mcguire, of the
Richmond Va, Medical College, will
deliver the annual address to the
Alumni Association of Jefferson
Medical College next month. Sur
geon Mcguire was a student of JEFF
ferson Medical College before the
war. During the war he acted as
midicai director ofthe Army of the
Shenandoah and West Virginia &C
comparing Stonewall jackson in his
rapid movements. DR.. Mcguire per-
formed an amputation on General
Jackson shortly before his death,
but it was powerless to save his lead
er's life.
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spite the sentiment of regret with
which this community would necces.
sarily see the management of a local
enterprise go to outsiders. Balti-
more, as the owner of $4,000 shares
of the stock of the Baltimore and
Ohio road, hae direct interest in
the matter. Private holders of stock,
to the extent of majority of the
shares, are said to have been secured
at satisfactory price for their hold
ing
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Trade Dollars Redeemed.

BY the terms of the Trade-dollar
Redemption law all trade dollars not
defaced, mutilated or stamped will
be received at the office of the Treas
urer or any assistant treasurer of the
United States in exchange for a like
amount, dollar for dollar, Of stand.
ard silver dollars Of subsidiary
coins of the United States. The
period Of redemption is limited to
six months after the passage of the
act, which w5 take to mean six
months after the bill became a law
without the signature OF the Presi-
dent, or until September 8. 1887.
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ANOTHER CANDIDATE.

AS the days go by, other brothers,
full-freighted with ambition, crowd
eagerly forward for the position no
longer represented by STANDARD
Oil" but by STANDARD Daniel" of
the immortal twelve The tri.color-
ed banner of revolution waves tri-
umphantly in token of success, but
the princes of pure-blooded democ-
racy are gathering for the fray and
will make desperate effort to re-
capture that chair in the U. S. Sen
ate. The friends of Camden, like the
old Guard may die but will never
surrender; and now comes Hon. W.
l.. Wilson, from daniels" home
and enters the arena, plumed for
battle, with several scalps attached
to his belt, significant of past victo-
ries, So the fight goes bravely on.
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THE following appointments were
made by the NJ. Z. Conference, at
Baltimore, for the ensuing year in
the Cumberland District:-G. G..
Baker, p. Z. Barton-W. K. Bird
Berkely Springs-H. r. Savage.
Bloomington-To be supplied, Bun
ker Hill, w. Val. f. f. Gray
one to be supplied. Cumberland
Center Street, r. Norris; Kingsley
James p. Wilson. Elk Garden
VIM. Harris. Flintstone-Henry
Mann. Frostburg-H. S. France!
Frostburg Circuit Il. Pardew.
Grant, w. Va.-P. G. Edwards,
Hancock--Wm. +. Roberts. Hedges
ville--B. II. Smith, supernumerary.
Hyndman-R. Kolb, Keyser, w.
Va.-W. Z. Curley. Homecoming
T. G. Porter. Martinsburg CIV. Va.
j. Edwards, A. S. Hank, supernu-
merary. Mount Savage-S. S. Will
son. Old Town-Thomas S, Long
Paw Paw, w. Wa. Bielaski
Piedmont, W. Va.-Watson Case.
Rawling Station-C. L. Pate. Rom
ney w. VI. M. Pasco. Shep-
herdstown, w. Va, and Sharpsburg
H C. Mcdaniel. Union Grove
i. w. Shriner. Winchester, Va
w. A. Koontz.
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CAPT. EADs, the great naval archi-
Sect, died at Nassau, n. Y, Thurs
day.
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Experience in a Glasgow hospital
has taught DR.. j. S. Marine that
boiled or fried fish is a dangerous
diet for weak persons, but that
steamed fish is harmless.
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A Fun Line

OF Gum Boots. Aretics, Alaskas and all
other styles of over shoes p
est to the best grades, at
GETTINGER and HOKES
Head quarters for boots. shoes, hats and
caps
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-03-12

at the London exhibition in 1862,
and at others since. 1t is consider
ed one of the oldest forms of the
watch extant.
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SAFE OF THE b. d: 0. r. r. STOCK.
THE daily papers have been crowd.
ed with reports of, a sale of a majority
of the stock of the b. K 0. Il. Il.
Co., by President Garrett to Mr.. AL
fred Sully, president of what is
known as the West Point Terminal
Company, and business circles have
been previously agitated thereby.
Mr.. Garrett has not denied the re
port. and it is believed to be true by
stock dealers and tinanciers. The
Baltimore Sun, which occupies pc.
sition that entities it to know some
what as to the truth of the rumor
says:
Enough is now known, however,
to enable us to sketch the situation
in outline Mr. Garrett, it appears,
has undertaken to transfer enough of
the stock of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company to give the West
Point Terminal party control of the
entire Baltimore and Ohio system, IN
Gliding its express, telegraph and
other features, provided the syndi-
cate represented by Mr.. Sully can
comply with certain terms within q
specified time. Should these terms
be complied with, the results, direct
and indirect, of such q change would
be very numerous, and some of them
are obvious. An enterprise initiated
over half century ago in the interest
of the metropolis of Maryland, and
carried to the point of success by con
tributions of money from the treas
ury of the city and State, will lose its
identity and fall into foreign hands
should the proposed IDEAL be con
summated. The city, as o CONNER
cial centre, may perhaps profit by be
coming part in vast traffic sys-
tenn extending from Philadelphia to
Augusta, Birmingham, Chattanooga.
Memphis and other important South
ern points not to mention the num-
erous cities of the West and North
west also said to reached by the ram
ifcations Of the new system. Should
the proposed consolidation have for
its chief object and result to secure
for Baltimore an independent line
connecting us with the Gulf States,
and conducted with special regard
for the trade Of this city, it will re-
ceceive tie popular endorsement, de-
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SATURDAY, MARCH IL, 1887.

CLEVELAND should join the jockey
.olub-he has a Trotter, you know.
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TIE 4th of March fell on Friday
this year, the first time since the in
auguration of Garfield.
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GETS AWAY WITH THEM ALL.
Thompson's wheelbarrow clover and
grass seeder. Call and examine this seed
er. For sale by j. II. Miller & Sons.
FOR SALE.
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Don't you know that SMALL x co
can furnish Doors, Frames and Doors
Window Frames, Sssh and Shutters
Brackets and Balustrades-s or turn
ed mouldings Of ali kinds. Slate roo
ing done to order frov 5000 per squar
and upwards. Call on them at the Of
planning mil, foot Of Maple Avenue, ned
b. Il D. Freight Depot.
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GETTINGER and HOK'S,
Head quarters for boots, shoes, hats and
caps.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-04-14
WEST CONCORD.

The Ladies Mite society of the Uni
versalist church gave new sugar par
ty in their vestry, Wednesday evening.
The entertainment consisted of read
ing and singing, after which there was
a promenade.
The Ladies relief corps of this place
gave another sugar party in the Grand
Army hall, Saturday night. This in
stitutiOn seems to be quite popular
here and is always we'll patronized.
The hall was comfortably filed.
Sliding on the crust has of late be-
come a very fashionable sport in this
village. During the past week many
have participated in it including both
sexes, old men and women, young men
and maidens and all the children.
Even the ministers have not regarded
it as beneath their dignity to take a
slide with the rest.
Easter Sunday was appropriately
observed in both the chu, ches of this
place. In the morning there was a
Sunday School concert at the Method
list church, and in the evening there
was one at the Universalist house.
The speaking at both places was ex-
CtlIcnG anu GI!c tnuSlC aJ Cit ldtUcI was
particularly good.
Rev. Mr.. Langford of Stark, N. H.,
the temperance advocate, who was ex
pected to speak heIe once before but
failed to appear at the appointed time,
was here Friday evening and gave a
stirring address. There was small
audience, owing to. the fact that the
meeting was not well advertised but
those who were present were much
benefited by the earnest and truthful
words of the speaker.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-04-14
CABOT.

w. S. Atkins is improving rapidly,
i'm both mind and body.
Easter services were held at the
Methodist church Sunday.
Mrs. B. p. Elmer will soon 90 to
Boston for new goods and will reopen
her millinery rooms on her return.
Three deaths have occurred i'm town
i'm April: John Lance, about 20 years
of age; Mrs. Geo. Remission, about 80,
and an infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Morrill,.
Louise Knight and mother have pnr-
chased the Goodwin house, opposite
the Congregational church and will
take possession about the Ist of May.
DIR. Gale is to rent the house now Oc-
cupied by Mrs. Knight.
Schools are being taken. Several
are not heard from but so far as known
these are the teachers prospective :
Cabot Village, Alice Morse; Lower
Cabot, Miss Graham; West Hill, Sed-
die Wiley; Webster District, Shirley
Smith No. West Hill, Myrtle Boyles ;
SO. West Hill, Miss Smith.
The C. L. S. G. held a public meet
ing in the parlors of DR.. Wiswell,
April a. The program was well-filled
and of interest. Cake and coffee were
served and everybody had a pleasant
time, the only drawback being the res
ignation of the president, Mrs. Rev.
A. B. Enwright. who is soon to remove
to some other field, owing to the unal-
terable law of the itineracy of the
Methodist church. The circle will
meet April IL with NJ. d. Wells.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-04-14
BARNET.

Horse distemper and mumps are Wis
ting this section.
Chas. Stoddard has had his pension
increased to $50 per month.
VIM. Higgins has moved into the
Nathaniel Batchelder house.
Preaching next Sabbath at II o'clock
by Rev. Mr.. Drew of McIndOes.
Horace j. Warden has a calf that
weighed I'D pounds when one day old.
d. E. Morgan has moved to South
Peacham where he intends to work at
blacksmithing.
Rev. Mr.. BOardman is trying a new
pair of crutches and hopes soon to be
able to preach.
A. P. McFaren lost a COW last week /;
there have quite a number of calves
died in this vicinity.
The Barnet Center district has voted
to have three terms of school the COM
ing year of ten weeks each.
The snow has begun to settle in this
vicinity and as soon as the tops of the
fences appear people are going to com
mence sugaring.
The Band of Hope gave a sugar par
ty at the school house hall on Monday
evening. The travelling was SO bad
that the attendance was small.
Mr.. Hollander and Mr.. Folsom of the
firm Hollander, Bradshaw & Folsom
who have bought the novelty turning
mill of Bailey & Co., are i'm town with
the purpose of running the mill if it
can be made to pay.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-04-14
Prohibition.

The growth of the prohibition senti-
ment in the country is evidenced by
the space devoted to the discussion OF
the question in the leading papers all
over the country and the occasional
converts to the prohibition idea among
public men. Whether these CONVEX
siOns be genuine or not they show the
drift of public sentiment. The latest
convert to the prohibition idea is SEN
atOr Reagan of Texas. Mr.. Reagan
when asked to attend an anti prOhibi-
ton meeting III Texas last week came
out squarely in favor of prohibition and
deals the opposition some herculean
blows from a democratic stand point.
In this connection it may be noted that
serious charges of fraud in the recent
Michigan election are made by the
prOhibitiOnists, it being claimed that
rum voters were imported into the
state from Wisconsin to kill the pro-
hibitOry amendment.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-04-14
The Chinese Question.

Just now the Mormon problem, the
Canadian fisheries dispute and recent
state elections have demanded atten-
ton somewhat to the exclusion of the
Chinese question. Bat the relation of
the Chinaman to the institutions and
to the people of this country is as i'm
pOrtant as ever. In this connection
special attention is called to the arti-
Gle on this subject on the second
page of this issue by DR.. Dwinell.
The article is both comprehensive and
exhaustive and was written by man
who has lived with those of whom he
writes and has made them and their
characteristics a study for many years.
He writes from a Christian and patriotic
standpoint. The views are somewhat
different from those heretofore present
ed and will repay careful reading
DR.. Dwinell needs no introduction to
the readers of the CaledOnian. He is
one of the many noted VermOuters,
and is one of three born in Calais who
have become specially noted i'm the re-
ligious world, DIR. n. G. Clark, secre-
tary of the American board and tn.
late DIR. Goodell of st. Louis being the
other two. He was for some years
pastor of the First Congregational
church at Sacramento, CAL, but is now
professor in the theological seminary
at Oakland.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-04-14
PEACHAM.

Sugar makers busy on snOwshOes.
Mrs. Cloud Harvey has so far recOv-
cred from her broken ankle as to dis
pense with a splint.
VIM. Buts0n, who carries on the
Will Lynd place this year, has been
laid up by sickness for some time.
DR.. Blanchard has resigned the office
of school superintendent, his ordinary
medical practice giving him all the
work, worry and abuse that he desires.
We lately ordered some oleOmarga-
rine from Boston, and couldn't distin-
guish it from ordinary butter but, as
we paid the same price as for good
butter, can see no advantage in using
it.
The sugar party at the academy hall
Thursday evening drew an audience of
about rs, and all had q good time. But
we believe John Atwell had the first
sugar party in the Corner OH Tuesday
evening.
Several feet of snow have disappear
ed within a week and few pimples of
bare ground have broken out on the
face of mother earth. We hope she
wont be careless and take cold and
drive in the eruption.
The treasury of the Village Improve
ment society has run dry and the street
lamps cannot be lighted again until
the public puts some more money in
the treasury. Expenses for clearing
sidewalks have been heavier than usu-
al, and efforts to raise money have not
met with encouraging success.